[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 64 (Monday, April 6, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15513-15514]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-7547]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-5297-N-01]


Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Comment Request; 
Opinion by Counsel to the Mortgagor (FHA)

AGENCY: Office of the General Counsel, HUD.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The proposed information collection requirement described 
below will be submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) 
for review, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act. The Department 
is soliciting public comments on the subject proposal.

DATES: Comments Due Date: June 5, 2009.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding 
this proposal. Comments should refer to the proposal by name and/or OMB 
Control Number and should be sent to: Lillian Deitzer, Departmental 
Reports Management Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, 451 7th Street, SW., Washington, DC 20410; e-mail 
[email protected] or telephone (202) 402-8048.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Millicent Potts, Assistant General 
Counsel, Multifamily Mortgage Division, Office of General Counsel, 
Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street, SW., Room 
9230, Washington, DC 20410, telephone (202) 708-4090 (this is not a 
toll free number). Copies of the form documents to be submitted to OMB 
for review can be obtained from Ms. Potts or from HUD's Web site: 
http://www.hud.gov/offices/adm/hudclips/forms/.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department is submitting the proposed 
information collection to OMB for review, as required by the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended).
    This Notice is soliciting comments from members of the public and 
affected agencies concerning the proposed collection of information to: 
(1) Evaluate whether the proposed collection is necessary for the 
proper performance of the functions of the agency, including whether 
the information will have practical utility; (2) Evaluate the accuracy 
of the agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of 
information; (3) Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information to be collected; and (4) Minimize the burden of the 
collection of information on those who are to respond; including the 
use of appropriate automated collection techniques or other forms of 
information technology, e.g., permitting electronic submission of 
responses.
    This Notice also lists the following information:
    Title of Proposal: Opinion by Counsel to the Mortgagor (FHA).
    OMB Control Number, if applicable: 2510-0010.
    Description of the need for the information and proposed use: The 
opinion is required to provide comfort to HUD and the mortgagee in 
multifamily rental and health care facility mortgage insurance 
transactions.
    Agency form numbers, if applicable: HUD-91725, 91725-instr, 91725-
CERT.
    Estimation of the total numbers of hours needed to prepare the 
information collection including number of respondents, frequency of 
response, and hours of response: As closings occur in

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connection with the aforementioned projects. The estimated number of 
respondents annually is 800, the estimated number of responses annually 
per respondent is 1, the number of estimated hours per response is 1, 
and the total estimated burden hours is 800.
    Status of the proposed information collection: This is an extension 
of a currently approved collection.

    Authority:  The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C., 
Chapter 35, as amended.

    Dated: March 27, 2009.
Aaron Santa Anna,
Assistant General Counsel for Regulations Division.
 [FR Doc. E9-7547 Filed 4-3-09; 8:45 am]
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